Functional changes and driving performance in older drivers: assessment and interventions

M Karthaus, M Falkenstein - Geriatrics, 2016 - mdpi.com
With the increasing aging of the population, the number of older drivers is rising. Driving is a
significant factor for quality of life and independence concerning social and working life. On …

Clinical utility of the Trail‐Making test as a predictor of driving performance in older adults

GD Papandonatos, BR Ott, JD Davis… - Journal of the …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To assess the clinical utility of the Trail‐Making Tests (TMT s) as screens for
impaired road‐test performance. Design Secondary analyses of three data sets from …

Associations between personality and driving behavior are mediated by mind-wandering tendency: A cross-national comparison of Australian and Italian drivers

L Tinella, S Koppel, A Lopez, AO Caffò… - … research part F: traffic …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective This study examined the associations between personality traits (ie, neuroticism,
extraversion, openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness) and aberrant driving …

Spatial mental transformation skills discriminate fitness to drive in young and old adults

L Tinella, A Lopez, AO Caffò, I Grattagliano… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Literature on driving research suggests a relationship between cognition and driving
performance in older and younger drivers. There is little research on adults and driving …

[HTML][HTML] Driving evaluation methods for able-bodied persons and individuals with lower extremity disabilities: a review of assessment modalities

JMDA Greve, L Santos, AC Alonso, DG Tate - Clinics, 2015 - Elsevier
Assessing the driving abilities of individuals with disabilities is often a very challenging task
because each medical condition is accompanied by physical impairments and because …

Predictors of older drivers' involvement in rapid deceleration events

A Chevalier, K Coxon, AJ Chevalier, E Clarke… - Accident Analysis & …, 2017 - Elsevier
Rapid deceleration occurs when substantial force slows the speed of a vehicle. Rapid
deceleration events (RDEs) have been proposed as a surrogate safety measure. As there is …

Comparison of older and middle-aged drivers' driving performance in a naturalistic setting

B Mazer, YT Chen, B Vrkljan, SC Marshall… - Accident Analysis & …, 2021 - Elsevier
There is a concern in the public domain about driving safety among older drivers due the
increase in age-associated medical conditions. It is not known how these medical changes …

Perceived difficulty of everyday spatial activities: Underlying dimensions and gender differences

CA Lawton, MY Czarnolewski - Spatial Cognition & Computation, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The present work builds on prior development of the Everyday Spatial Behavioral
Questionnaire (ESBQ), a measure of self-reported difficulty in performing familiar activities …

Changes in older drivers' self-awareness of driving ability over one year

YT Chen, B Mazer, A Myers, B Vrkljan, S Koppel… - Accident Analysis & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Older drivers' self-awareness of driving ability can prompt self-regulatory behaviors and
modifications of their everyday driving performance. To date, studies have yet to examine …

Personal and clinical factors associated with older drivers' self-awareness of driving performance

YT Chen, I Gélinas, B Mazer, A Myers… - Canadian Journal on …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Most older adults perceive themselves as good drivers; however, their perception may not
be accurate, and could negatively affect their driving safety. This study examined the …